gynogenesis

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Meaning

1. noun Female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus.

Similar words

diploid gynogen anthogenesis parthenogeny parthenogenesis parthenote meiogynogenesis arrhenotoky parthenogen unigenesis

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Word family

gynogeneses gynogenetic